Telephone-shelf.



f No. 806,339 PATENTED DEC. 5, 1905.

J. s. GOLD. v

, TELEPHONE SHELF.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1904.

W/TNESSESJ a I 'INVENTOR I By.

. r I fill, H ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TELEPHONE-SHELF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

Application filed May 20, 1904- Serial No. 208,891

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. GOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at J acks'on, in the county of Jackson and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Telephone-Shelves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tele hone-shelves, and pertains more particu arly to a shelf which is readily attached to the ordinary telephone-box.

The object of my invention is to provide a shelf for a telephone which is readily attached to or detached from a telephone'and provided with means for securing a tablet thereto and so that the tablet may be readily removed and replaced when the same has i been used up.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for sup orting the receiver when it is desired to hold the phone and also providing means for preventing the accidental placing of the receiver on said support instead of the desired hook when one is through with the hone.

A still urther object of my invention is to provlde a more simple, cheap, and effective shelf of this character than has heretofore been produced.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved shelf attached to a telephone-box, showing the receiver held thereon for the purpose of holding the phone. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of my im roved shelf detached. Fig. 3 is a bottom p an view of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings, Arepresents a piece of veneered wood, which absolutely prevents the same warping or splitting and provides a much more finished look at less cost. Passing through said shelf are two bolts B and B, which have their heads I) and b embedded below the upper surface of the shelf, thus forming ractically a smooth upper face to the she f. The said bolts pass through elongated slots 0 and c in the clamp- 1 mg members 0 and C, and thus the same are longitudinally adjustable and adapted to engage or to be adjusted to engage the edges of the telephone box, and thus the same is adapted to be attached to boxes of different widths. The said bolts B and B carry on their outer ends on the outside of the clamps thumb-nuts D and-D, and thus the shelf is firmly clamped in any adjusted position on the top of the tele hone-box. The righthand end of the shelf A is provided with an enlarged portion E, which forms a support for the memorandum-tablet F, and the same being considerably larger than the tablet gives-a partial support for the wrist or arm of the writer. The upper end of said enlarged portion E is provided with a saw cut or slit 0, which extends from the upper edge a of the shelf, and extending across the upper face of said enlarged portion E is a metal strap G, which has one end g turned down around the edge e of the enlarged portion and is provided with upwardly-depressed portions 9 which are adapted to be driven into the bottom of the shelf, and thus firmly hold the stra thereon. The opposite end 9 of the strap passes downwardly through the saw cut or slit 2 and is provided with the upwardly-deressed portion 9 which is driven into the 'hottom of the sh elf and firmly hold s the strap against any possible movement. The said strip G is preferably of a thin flexible metal, and thus the back of the tablet F can be readily slipped under said strip and firmly held thereunder, yet allowing of the ready removal of the same for replacing it when it has been used up. The opposite end of the shelf A is provided in its outer ed e a with an elongated slot H, which is of sue a size to readily receive the receiver, and thus the same is supported when it is desired to .hold the phone, as in phones of this character therais no way of supporting the receiver should you desire to hold the phone when absent therefrom. In order to prevent the accidental misplacing of the receiver in said slot instead of the proper hook when you are through with the phone, I provide a cover I, which is hinged to the shelf A at i, which by force of gravity is normally held over said. opening or slot H. The said, cover is so hinged to the shelf that the same cannot be swung up to a vertical position, but far enough to allow of the ready placing of the receiver in the slot,

and the cover is then supported by the resaid staples are driven far enough into the shelf to cause the inner edge 1'? to engage the shelf, and thus prevent it from swinging all the Way over, as heretofore described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y 1. The eombin ation with a telephone having a cut-out receiver-holder, of a base attached thereto and having a slot therein, and means for normally closing said slot to prevent the accidental placing of the receiver therein.

2. The combination with a telephone having a cutout receiverholder, of a base attached thereto and having a slot therein, and a plate normally closing said slot to prevent the accidental placing of the receiver therein.

3. The combination with a telephone having a cut-out receiver-holder, of an attachment adapted to support the receiver independent of the cut-out holder, and means for preventing the accidental placing of the receiver in the support.

4. The combination with a telephone having a cut-out receiver-holder, of a base attached thereto and having a slot therein, and a swinging plate normally closing said slot to prevent the accidental placing of the reeeiver in said slot.

5. An attachment for telephones, comprising a base having a slot on one end for holding the receiver, and a hinged plate normally held over said slot, and means for preventing said plate from being swung backward over the base.

6. The combination with a telephone having a cut-out receiver-holder, of a base detachably secured thereto and having a slot therein, and a swinging plate normally clos ing said slot to prevent the accidental placing of the receiver in said slot.

7. An attachment for telephones, comprising a board having a slot in one end, a plate normally closing said slot, and staples passing through said plate and secured to said board and so positioned that the plate cannot be raised to a vertical position whereby the force of gravity normally holds the same over said slot.

8. The combination with a telephone having a cut-out receiver-holder, of an attachment having a slot therein for supporting the receiver independent of the cut out holder, and a plate normally closing said slot and adapted to prevent the accidental placing of the receiver in said slot.

9. The combination with a telephone having a cut-out receiver-holder, of a base attached thereto and having a slot for receiving the receiver, a hinged plate normally held over said slot and means for preventing said plate from being swung backward over the base, whereby the accidental placing of the receiver in the slot is prevented.

10. An attachment for telephones, comprising a base having a slot therein for holding the receiver, a plate hinged to said base adjacent the slot, and means for preventing the said hinged plate from being raised to a vertical position whereby the same is normally held in a horizontal position covering said slot.

11. An attachment for telephones, eomprising a base, means carried by the under side thereof for clamping the same to the telephone-box, one end of said base having a slot for holding the receiver, a plate hinged to said base adjacent the slot and normally closing the same, and means for preventing the said hinged plate from being raised to a vertical position whereby the same is normally held in a horizontal position covering said slot.

12. An attachment for telephones, comprising a base, means carried by the under side thereof for clamping the same to the telephone-box, one end of the said base having a slot extending from the edge inwardly and adapted to receive the receiver, a plate normally held in a horizontal position covering said slot, and the outer edge being flush with the edge of the base, and means for preventing the said hinged plate from being raised to a vertical position, whereby the same is normally held in a horizontal position covering said slot.

13. The combination with a telephone having a cut-out receiver-holder, of" an attachment comprising a board and adapted to be clamped to the telephone-box, said board having a slot for holding the receiver, and a plate for normally closing said slot, whereby the accidental placing of the receiver in the slot is prevented.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subseribing witnesses.

JOSEPH S. GOLD.

i/Vitnesses J NO. A. CLARK, W. R. DAVIS. 

